UPDATE – Reminders of the Appleton Branch The Reminders of the Appleton Branch page of our web site has been updated. Ten new photographs and related information regarding the former Appleton swing bridge have been added. Looking southwest toward the former site of the M&N swing bridge which crossed the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 13 May 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.A forlorn piece of rail lies along the former M&N right-of-way, where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 20 March 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.Looking northeast along the former M&N right-of-way where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 20 March 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.Looking southwest along the former M&N right-of-way, where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 20 March 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.A stairway leads down to the river bank next to the former M&N right-of-way, where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 20 March 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.Looking southwest along the former M&N right-of-way, where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 20 March 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.A long-forgotten fishplate leans against a sapling along the former M&N right-of-way, where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 20 March 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.Several discarded railroad ties deteriorate along the former M&N right-of-way, where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 20 March 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.Looking northeast along the former M&N right-of-way where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 20 March 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.Looking northeast along the former M&N right-of-way where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 20 March 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss. You Might Also Like UPDATE – M&N Main Line – Schwartzburg to Hilbert April 18, 2021 Update – Railroad History – Menominee River to Ontonagon May 18, 2020 NEW – Champion Branch July 5, 2022